Equivariant virtual Betti numbers
Abstract
Description
We define a generalised Euler characteristic for arc-symmetric sets endowed with a group action. It coincides with equivariant homology for compact nonsingular sets, but is different in general. We lay emphasis on the particular case of $Z/2\Z$, and give an application to the study of the singularities of Nash function germs via an analog of the motivic zeta function of Denef & Loeser.
20 pages, to appear in Ann. Inst. Fourier
20 pages, to appear in Ann. Inst. Fourier